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The Best Episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1

Every episode of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 1!

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Ryomen Sukuna" is the best rated episode of "Jujutsu Kaisen" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 6175 votes. Directed by Yui Umemoto and written by Hiroshi Seko, it aired on 10/3/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "For Myself".

  • Ryomen Sukuna
    8.1/106,175 votes

    #1 - Ryomen Sukuna

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2020

    After visiting his beloved grandfather in the hospital, Yuji Itadori encounters an apprentice sorcerer who demands that Yuji hand over a cursed relic.

    Director: Yui Umemoto

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • For Myself
    7.9/105,495 votes

    #2 - For Myself

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2020

    Yuji manages to control the curse of Ryomen Sukuna. Later, he awakens in a room with Jujutsu High teacher Satoru Gojo, who offers him a deadly choice.

    Director: Ryohei Takeshita

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Girl of Steel
    7.6/105,212 votes

    #3 - Girl of Steel

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2020

    Nobara Kugisaki joins the class on a trip to Roppongi where Gojo gives her and Yuji their first test: dispel a curse from an abandoned building.

    Director: Kakushi Ifuku

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Curse Womb Must Die
    8.8/105,972 votes

    #4 - Curse Womb Must Die

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2020

    When a curse womb attacks a juvenile detention center, Yuji's group is called upon to rescue any remaining survivors — but combat isn’t an option.

    Director: Hideaki Abe

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Curse Womb Must Die -II-
    8.3/105,171 votes

    #5 - Curse Womb Must Die -II-

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2020

    As Sukuna gruesomely holds Yuji's body hostage, Fushiguro struggles against the sheer strength of Sukuna's curse to buy time until Yuji can awaken.

    Director: Yosuke Takada

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • After Rain
    8.0/104,997 votes

    #6 - After Rain

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2020

    Sukuna tells Yuji that he will bring him back to life on two conditions. Meanwhile, Suguru Geto and a cursed spirit discuss their plans for Gojo.

    Director: Eri Osada

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Assault
    9.2/107,375 votes

    #7 - Assault

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2020

    The cursed spirit Jogo attacks Gojo, who has such little trouble fighting back that he leaves and brings back a student to observe the battle.

    Director: Sunghoo Park

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Boredom
    7.5/104,897 votes

    #8 - Boredom

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2020

    As Kugisaki and Fushiguro train for the exchange event, two older students from the Kyoto Jujutsu school arrive in Tokyo and pick a fight with them.

    Director: Shota Goshozono

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Small Fry and Reverse Retribution
    7.9/104,713 votes

    #9 - Small Fry and Reverse Retribution

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2020

    High schooler Junpei Yoshino finds his bullies horrifically killed in a movie theater. Sorcerer Kento Nanami and Yuji investigate the crime scene.

    Director: Ryohei Takeshita

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Idle Transfiguration
    8.2/104,667 votes

    #10 - Idle Transfiguration

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2020

    Junpei gets some startling advice from Mahito. Later, Ijichi and Yuji track down Junpei and formulate a plan to set up a chance encounter with him.

    Director: Ken Takahashi

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Narrow-minded
    8.4/104,740 votes

    #11 - Narrow-minded

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2020

    Annoyed at having to work off the clock, Nanami shows Mahito the true potential of his sorcery. Meanwhile, Yuji and Junpei bond over movies.

    Director: Daisuke Tsukushi

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • To You, Someday
    9.4/107,505 votes

    #12 - To You, Someday

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2020

    Ignoring Nanami's warning, Yuji dashes into the school and tries to reason with Junpei, but Mahito soon interrupts. Yuji appeals to Sukuna for help.

    Director: Masataka Akai

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Tomorrow
    9.3/106,336 votes

    #13 - Tomorrow

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/2020

    Yuji and Nanami coordinate their attacks on Mahito, wearing him down. But as the cursed spirit approaches death, he finds a new power within himself.

    Director: Hironori Tanaka

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 0 -
    7.6/104,538 votes

    #14 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 0 -

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/2021

    With the exchange event between the Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu schools set to begin, Gojo arranges for Yuji to make a surprise appearance.

    Director: Chie Nishizawa

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 1 -
    8.1/104,575 votes

    #15 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 1 -

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/2021

    Shortly after the exchange event team battle begins, Todo ambushes the Tokyo students. Yuji moves to stop him but soon finds himself surrounded.

    Director: Hideaki Abe

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 2 -
    8.5/104,781 votes

    #16 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 2 -

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/2021

    Todo gives Yuji advice on how to better tap into his curse powers. After Kugisaki taunts Nishimiya, Panda fights the remote-controlled Mechamaru.

    Director: Masato Nakazono

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 3 -
    8.7/105,070 votes

    #17 - Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event - Group Battle 3 -

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/2021

    While Miwa struggles to stand her ground against Maki's attacks, Kugisaki chases down a flying Nishimiya, who lectures her about Mai's hardships.

    Director: Shota Goshozono

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Sage
    8.8/105,347 votes

    #18 - Sage

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/2021

    Fushiguro dodges Kamo's barrage of arrows but his opponent proves just as formidable in close combat. Meanwhile, Inumaki senses a foreboding presence.

    Director: Yosuke Takada

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Black Flash
    9.4/108,439 votes

    #19 - Black Flash

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/2021

    Inumaki, Fushiguro and Kamo struggle to hold their own against special grade cursed spirit Hanami, but Maki arrives to provide much-needed backup.

    Director: Ryu Nakayama

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Nonstandard
    9.6/1011,649 votes

    #20 - Nonstandard

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/2021

    After analyzing Hanami's assortment of skills with his self-proclaimed intellect, Todo uses his disorienting technique to attack in tandem with Yuji.

    Director: Masataka Akai

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Jujutsu Koshien
    7.5/104,558 votes

    #21 - Jujutsu Koshien

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/2021

    After the event's interruption, the school tournament continues with a baseball match.

    Director: Yui Umemoto

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • The Origin of Blind Obedience
    7.7/104,380 votes

    #22 - The Origin of Blind Obedience

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/13/2021

    An investigation into a string of curse-related killings leads Yuji, Fushiguro and Kugisaki to the victims' – and Fushiguro's – former middle school.

    Director: Tomomi Kamiya

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • The Origin of Blind Obedience -II-
    9.0/105,798 votes

    #23 - The Origin of Blind Obedience -II-

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/20/2021

    Fushiguro, Kugisaki and Itadori fight the cursed spirits on two fronts. When Fushiguro faces his enemy alone, he recalls his recent training with Gojo. He knows that he has to be able to surpass himself...

    Director: Chie Nishizawa

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Accomplices
    9.3/106,996 votes

    #24 - Accomplices

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/27/2021

    Yuji and Nobara's battle against the Death Painting Wombs Kechizu and Eso reaches its conclusion! However, even in victory there is a cost in killing, something the Jujutsu High students had never considered before. Meanwhile, Choso, Geto and Mahito gain wind of this event.

    Director: Sunghoo Park

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko

  • Hidden Inventory
    8.8/1017 votes

    #25 - Hidden Inventory

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 7/6/2023

    The jujutsu sorcerers Iori Utahime and Mei Mei are dispatched to an ominous manor where several people have gone missing. They infiltrate the manor and attempt to destroy the cursed spirit's barrier, but suddenly the building starts to crumble.

    Director: Shota Goshozono

    Writer: Hiroshi Seko